[Gmsh] Adding a boundary surface on a STL model

[Dimitrios Stoupis]

I came up with a solution, not in GMSH but using PyMesh.
You can check my post in the issues of PyMesh below:
https://github.com/PyMesh/PyMesh/issues/261

The reason I am posting it here is for future reference for anyone
interested. This also might give you an insight for GMSH.

On Sun, May 17, 2020 at 1:00 PM Dimitrios Stoupis <dstoupis at auth.gr> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I want to run brain simulations with models from the PHM repository
> (not relevant to the problem but suits the narrative) which are
> shipped in STL format. The meshes of the STL have been fixed using
> MeshFix and the attached .geo file has been used to generate the 3D
> mesh.
>
> [file: brain_mesh.geo]
>
> The script successfully meshes the model and the generated mesh is
> correct. The problem is how can I add electrodes on the head
> (cylindrical volumes) so that later I use those as the boundary
> surfaces to add the boundary conditions in the FEM solver.
> Illustration
>
> I have tried creating a cylinder and applying boolean operation with
> the STL, but obviously this did not work. How can I create such a
> thing on the STL surface? There is no CAD available just the STL
> files. For copyright reasons I am not able to share the STL, but I
> will try to illustrate below the problem using a sphere in paint.
>
> [image: electrode.png]
>
> I want the electrode (red volume) to be tangent with the surface of
> the skin (black sphere). The black sphere is only in STL format.
> Triangle position problem
>
> Finally the next problem that will arise is how can I get the
> individual triangle positions on the STL surface through the file in
> order to be able and add the electrode perpendicular to the surface
> and to the right spot, without doing trial and error work to find the
> location.
>
> Thank you!
>
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